Severe polyneuropathy in a 3-year-old child after dichlorophenoxyacetic herbicide--chwastox intoxication, treated successfully with plasmapheresis (PF).
The clinical picture of intoxication with dichlorophenoxy acetic herbicides is well recognised in adults and some treatment recommendations are established. To the best of our knowledge there is scarcity of well documented cases of intoxication with this substance in children. Our report describes the clinical picture of Chwastox intoxication in a 3-year-old child. Some similarities and differences between adults and children are discussed, as well as the indications for plasmapheresis, which could be a valuable mode of treatment in such cases.
Lankosz-Lauterbach
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First Department of Childrens Diseases, Polish-American Children's Hospital, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University in Kraków.
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Kaciński
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Pietrzyk
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D008456:2-Methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic Acid / Q000506:poisoning*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006540:Herbicides / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000628:therapy; D010956:Plasmapheresis
D006540:Herbicides; D008456:2-Methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic Acid